Self Portraiture Photography by Anna Linch
Artist and educator Anna Linch worked with all of the children from the Educare Small School over a few days, to enable each child to explore self portraiture photography in a creative project that included drawing and mixed media.
This project was shared with AccessArt as part of the 40 Artist Educator Project, funded by Arts Council England, aiming to highlight and celebrate artist-led teaching and facilitation.
Putting You in the Picture; Self-Portraiture, Photography and Mixed-media by Anna Linch
During the Summer term 2013, Anna was Artist-in-residence at Educare Small School, Kingston-upon-Thames. The whole school and curriculum were given over to her for an intensive few days when every child (aged 3-10) learnt about the history of self-portraiture and took part in photography, drawing and mixed media activities.
Before the project began, the children were asked to consider what makes them who they are. At home, each child carefully selected objects and pictures that would tell another person about themselves – hobbies, family, pets, likes and dislikes. These personal collections became the focus of their artworks – a multi-media piece, a film and a series of photographs, some of which can be seen here.
Anna used this project as a case-study for a CPD course aimed at Primary Art Co-ordinators, who went through the same processes described below.
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Pat Carney
June 13, 2014 @ 8:45 am
What I found particularly wonderful about this project is the concentration away from the outer appearance to bring in the unseen parts that make us persons. The pleasure in this seems to me apparent in the realized portraits. Mediating judgements with substance!
Kate Burdett
January 7, 2016 @ 5:29 pm
Hello Pat Carney in Wiltshire? I’m Mary Wood’s daughter, have been lost but now found out by Facebook ! I was interested in the ways the artist/teacher would address this very issue with such young children. The assumption is that a very young child has little “explicit” ability to convey what is implicit in who they are, but this is a sensitive and thoughtful exercise and surely a useful skill to encourage for life in these times obsessed with body image. A good project
Fun with Photography – Day 2 | childrensartschool.org
February 28, 2015 @ 1:00 pm
[…] children were also busy thinking about character and pose. These activities were developed by Sabrina Smith-Noble with inspiration from Anna Linch’s resource for Access Art Putting You in the […]
Eilis H
August 31, 2022 @ 8:26 pm
I really love this project! It’s so rich and encourages independence and reflection 🙂